The Honda Classic  March 1-4, 2012
PGA National Champion Course, Florida, USA  Purse US$5,700,000
Defending Champ: Rory Sabbatini (RSA)
THE FLORIDA SWING
What’s happening on the PGA Tour this week
WHO TO WATCH THIS WEEK
IANPOULTER will be wanting to
send out a message this week.
After a poor showing at the
Accenture Match Play and some
sledging of a Sky Sports commentator
via Twitter, the Englishman will be
keen to let his clubs do the talking
for a change. He has the game and
is a real fighter so expect a strong
showing from him in Florida this week
to silence his critics.
IAN POULTER (ENG)
KEEGAN BRADLEY (USA)
KEEGAN BRADLEY is still a
favourite of ours this week. He’s
the kind of guy you want in the
trenches beside you—you just know
he’s giving it everything when he tees
it up. Expect him to be thereabouts
come Sunday. Keegs will still be
hurting from his close call a couple
weeks back at the Northern Trust
Open. He’s a clutch player and plays
well above his experience. OTG
PEEK
THE
THEPGA TOUR moves to
the East Coast for the
first time this season
with the Honda Classic
jump-starting a four-week
Florida swing. Now into
it’s 40th year, only Jack
Nicklaus, Johnny Miller and
Mark Calcavecchia have
won the event more than
once. And by the quality of
this year’s field, defending
champ Rory Sabbatini’s
will have to pull something
pretty special from under
his hat to join them. Tiger
Woods will play the event
for the first time as a pro—
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17-year-old amateur. Some
of the big names to join
Tiger at the extremely tough
PGA National’s Champion
course include major
winners Rory McIlroy, Charl
Schwartzel and Darren
Clarke. OTG
THE EVENT